Laslo Benedek

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Laslo Benedek. Director: Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden. Laslo Benedek was brought to Hollywood from Hungary--where he had been a writer, editor and photographer--by MGM, and his first few films were undistinguished programmers. His third, however, was quite a bit better: Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden (1951), the screen version of Arthur Miller's classic play. Although trashed by critics at the time for, among other things, its "staginess" (Benedek said that he...